Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

abehsG Thatcher lit ons mechanically, and
: ~, bstwssn ths pufls:
30 you-svsr-talk-toy yoursslfr
sNol-whyF
~ II thought beard your voice just now in
ss y other room Anyhow, this IL IN awful
ozpooky placa II stayed here alone half
IN hour, I'd fancy that the lord chancellor
b there would step down in his robes, out Of
~ frams, to keep me- company"
e sNonssnssi When Pm busy often dt here
ard write until after Midnight It's 70 quistp
Fl sD-mnably col"
sWsn, 10 60 buck 10 the papers Some
: hody seols your beg, Or you Lost it You
i ~rhs driver seols," suggsstsd Thatcher, 70
lhnguidly that II could hardly b called IN In
tuzuptioa.
swell, ven ny The driver stole, and passed
sv~ to you q his accomplice, confederate or
sscsivsr, certain papers belonging -"
$50 hare, Harlows, don't feel like joking
= . ehostly law o6ace aftsr midnight. Here
ass your facta Yuba Bill, the driver, stolea
hag from this passenger, Wiles. or Smiles,
an1 handed it to me to insure the return Of
NY own. found in It some papers concern
me my cass. There they ara Do with them
what you like"
Thaschsr turned his eyes again abstractedly
- ~ FIRE.
Harlowe took out the first paper.
sA-w, this seems to be . telegram Yes,
seh1 Come to Washington at once. Carmen
ID Haro'"
Thatcher started, blushed like . girl, and
hurziedly reached for the paper.
sNonssnse. That's . mistake A dispatch
Imislaid In the envelope"
II sse," said the lawyer dryly.
II thought I bad torn it up" continued
thatcher after an awkward pause. I.regret
ony that here that usually truthful man
elaborated fiction. He had consulted it .
dossn times day on the journey, and it was
quito worn in its enfoldings Harlowes quick
eye had noticed this, but he speedily became
interested and absorbed in the other papers.
Thatcher lapsed into contemplation Of the fire.
swell, said Harlowe, finally turning to his
e1ient, 4here's enough to unseat Gashwiler, or
close his mouth. As to the rest, it's good
reading-but needn't tell you-no legal evil
dsnce. But it's proof enough to stop them
from ever trying it again-when the exist
ence Of this record is made known. Briberyis
. hard thing to fix on q man; the only witness
+ naturally particeps criminis;Cbut it would
not be easy for them to explain away this ras-
calls record Oneor two things don't under
name, Took the medicine nicely, and feels
bstterr and here, just in the margin, after Y's,
Must be labored withpn
II suppose our California slang borows
largely from the medical and spiritual pro-
slcesuion," returned Thatcher. ABut isn't it
|n,di that . man should keep q conscientious
Atscord Of his own villainyi"
i Harlowe, little abashed at his want Of
knowledge Of American metaphor, now felt
'eAtmsslf at home swell. no. It's not un-
eRpual In one Of those books yonder there
who had committed . series Of namelea
akocities, extending over . period of years,
.y,solutsly kept memorandum of them in
bis pocket diary. It was produced in court.
why, my dear fellow, one half Of our busi-
nau arises from the fact that men and
women are in the habit Of keeping letters and
1 documents that they might don't say,
you know, that they ought, that's question
cf sentiment or sthics-but that they might
destroy"
Thatcher half mechanically took the tele-
gram Of poor Carmen and threw it In the
Are. Harlowe noticed the act and smiled
\ 4rn venture to say, however, that there's
n6thing in the bag that you lost that need
givs you . moments uneasiness It's only
your rascal or fool who carries with him that
which makes him his own detective"
!. u had frisnd," continued Harlowe, "a
lsver fellow enough, but who was SO foolish
y to seriously complicate himself with .
vuunan. He was himself the soul Of honor,
nd at the beginning of their correspondence
y proposed that they should each return the
thsr,s letters with their answer. They did
for years, but it cost him ten thousand
lass and no end Of trouble after ALL"
Thyr asked Thatcher simply.
Because hs was such an egotistical as -
70 kssp the letter proposing it, which she had
duly returned, among his papers as q senti-
mental record. OF course somebody eventu-
ally found it."
aGood night" said Thatcher, rising
abruptly. "n stayed here much longer
should begin to disbelieve my own mother"
have known Of such hereditary traits"
returned Harlowe with a laugh. sBut come,
you must not 60 without the champagne"
He led the way to the adjacent room, which
proved to be only the ante-chamber Of
: another, ON the threshold of which Thatcher
stopped with genuine surprise It was an
elegantly furnished library.
aEybaritel Why was never here beforep
Because you came as a client; tonight
you are my guest. All who enter here leave
Sthsir business, with their hats, in the hail.
Look; there isn't q law book on those shelves;
that tabls never was defaced by q title
ICED or parchment You look puzzleda
Well, it was whim Of mine to put my resi-
dence and my workshop under the same roof,
yet 20 distinct that they would never inter-
)fwe with each other. You know the house
abovs Is let out to lodges occupy the first
noor with my mother and sister, and this Is
|my parlor. do my work in that severe
room that fronts the street; here is where
play. A man must have something else in
life than mere business find it less HARM
full and expensive to have my pleasure here"
Thatcher had sunk moodily in the embrac-
hg arms Of an easy chair He was thinking
deeply; he was fond of books, too, and, like
Al men who have Jared hard and led wander
s iue lives, he knew the value of cultivated re-
pnee. Like all men who have been obliged
q. ~Y<ov, ,,ufler blanlefs and in tho omen afr